RP Mod: Game crashes when I try to leave molerat village

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Mactab

First time out of the vault
I entered and left the molerat village once just fine. Then I came back and killed all the molerats. As I got in my car to leave, the game crashes. I reloaded, and tried again. Same thing. Then I tried leaving on foot: same thing, it crashed. My only save games are inside the molerat village post-extermination, so I can't just reload an old save.

Is there any way that I can edit my savegame so that my character and my car are in another zone, such as vault city courtyard, insetad of the molerat village?
 
Mactab said:
I entered and left the molerat village once just fine. Then I came back and killed all the molerats. As I got in my car to leave, the game crashes. I reloaded, and tried again. Same thing. Then I tried leaving on foot: same thing, it crashed. My only save games are inside the molerat village post-extermination, so I can't just reload an old save.

Is there any way that I can edit my savegame so that my character and my car are in another zone, such as vault city courtyard, insetad of the molerat village?
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Ah yes, this nasty bug. I believe I finally got to the bottom of it for the upcoming 1.3 release.

Now, I don't recall off the top of m head which file truly fixed this issue, but let me give you the updated Village script files. Since I changed various things, your current quest state at the village might be messed up. However, you should hopefully be able to leave the map without any problems.

Here is the file. Just extract it to your ../Fallout2/data/scripts folder. It will ask you to overwrite the files. Say yes. If you don't overwrite anything, then you're not installing to the correct location.

Let me know what happens.
 
Wow, who would have thought there was a quick downloadable solution to my exact problem. Thanks, Killap.

I verified that I overwrote the existing files in my Scripts folder, but upon running my game again and checking to see if it crashes again, I found that it does indeed crash again as I try to leave the village. I appreciate the effort, but I suppose since I had already saved inside the village, I've permanently ruined my game? Unless there's a way to move my character to another zone I guess it's over. Of course I've had Fallout for ten years so I'm used to game-ending crashes.
 
Mactab said:
I suppose since I had already saved inside the village, I've permanently ruined my game?
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Hmmm, I'm not sure...


Mactab said:
Unless there's a way to move my character to another zone I guess it's over.
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Well, try this file. I fear it might not work because of the way map transitions are handled. However, there is no harm in trying. I wrote this script in like 30 seconds, as I am late to dinner with someone, so hopefully it actually does what it should (but may not necessarily work :P) Just save the file inside your scripts directory. Nothing will be overwritten.

Let me know.
 
Tried that script, this time it crashed when I loaded my game.

I appreciate your dedication trying to fix this for me. Even writing a new script on the fly.

No worries, though. Thanks for all the help.
 
Mactab said:
Tried that script, this time it crashed when I loaded my game.
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Yeah, thought it might. Hopefully someone here can lend a hand with editing the save game. Darek seems pretty good at this, so perhaps he might be able to lend a hand.

Mactab said:
Even writing a new script on the fly.
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Heh, I just realized that the script had a severe flaw in it. Basically you would be stuck in an infinite loop that continuously loads the VC courtyard. I guess that is what happens when you attempt to write code while on the phone, late for an appointment. :P

Still, the crash you saw with this was the result of the same Village crash you had been experiencing. Basically, some piece of code that is run when you leave the Village is crashing for you. If you could post your save game that would be cool. Not only for those who might want to edit it, but also for me to test on my end to ensure the bug is indeed fixed for 1.3
 
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